Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

Born: September 12, 1884
Died: September 24, 1967
in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Movies for Jean Cadell...

Title: Maigret
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: TV
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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A Taste of Money
Title: A Taste of Money
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.
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Upstairs and Downstairs
Title: Upstairs and Downstairs
Character: 1st Old Lady
Released: November 2, 1959
Type: Movie
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated.
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Serious Charge
Title: Serious Charge
Character: Almshouse Matron
Released: April 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Claire
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Rockets Galore
Title: Rockets Galore
Character: Mrs Campbell
Released: October 19, 1958
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
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The Surgeon's Knife
Title: The Surgeon's Knife
Character: Henrietta Stevens
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
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Let's Be Happy
Title: Let's Be Happy
Character: Mrs. Cathie (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1957
Type: Movie
On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with Jeannie to woo voluptuous redhead Helene, and Jeannie is flattered by the attentions of the impoverished Lord McNairn; he's heard about her good fortune, and gallantly offers to show her the city.
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The Little Hut
Title: The Little Hut
Character: Mrs. Hermione Brittingham-Brett
Released: May 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.
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Title: The Buccaneers
Character: Marquesa
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: TV
The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.
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Keep It Clean
Title: Keep It Clean
Released: May 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Title: Meet Mr. Lucifer
Character: Mrs. Macdonald
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Three's Company
Title: Three's Company
Character: Miss Craig
Released: October 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Agnes
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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I'm A Stranger
Title: I'm A Stranger
Character: Hannah Mackenzie
Released: July 1, 1952
Type: Movie
When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?
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The Late Edwina Black
Title: The Late Edwina Black
Character: Ellen
Released: March 31, 1951
Type: Movie
When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.
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The Reluctant Widow
Title: The Reluctant Widow
Character: Mrs. Barrows
Released: May 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.
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Madeleine
Title: Madeleine
Character: Mrs. Jenkins
Released: February 16, 1950
Type: Movie
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.
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No Place for Jennifer
Title: No Place for Jennifer
Character: Aunt Jacqueline
Released: January 17, 1950
Type: Movie
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
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Whisky Galore!
Title: Whisky Galore!
Character: Mrs. Campbell
Released: June 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Hester Parsons
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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That Dangerous Age
Title: That Dangerous Age
Character: Nannie
Released: April 13, 1949
Type: Movie
The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. In hopes of avoiding a scene, she passes her beau along to her stepdaughter, Monica.
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Jassy
Title: Jassy
Character: Meggie
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
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I Know Where I'm Going!
Title: I Know Where I'm Going!
Character: Postmistress
Released: November 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
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Soldier, Sailor
Title: Soldier, Sailor
Character: Mrs. Church
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.
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Dear Octopus
Title: Dear Octopus
Character: Vicar's Wife
Released: September 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.
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The Young Mr. Pitt
Title: The Young Mr. Pitt
Character: Mrs. Sparry
Released: September 21, 1942
Type: Movie
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
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Quiet Wedding
Title: Quiet Wedding
Character: Aunt Florence
Released: April 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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Confidential Lady
Title: Confidential Lady
Character: Amy Boswell
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
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Pygmalion
Title: Pygmalion
Character: Mrs. Pearce
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
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South Riding
Title: South Riding
Character: Miss Dry
Released: August 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
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Love from a Stranger
Title: Love from a Stranger
Character: Aunt Lou
Released: April 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basil Rathbone, Harding finds herself married before she is fully able to grasp the situation. Slowly but surely, Rathbone's loving veneer crumbles; when he casually asks Harding to sign a document turning her entire fortune over to him, she deduces that her days are numbered.
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Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Title: Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Character: Frau Mozart
Released: February 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Mozart biopic.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: Emma Micawber
Released: January 18, 1935
Type: Movie
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
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Little Friend
Title: Little Friend
Character: Miss Drew
Released: November 18, 1934
Type: Movie
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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The Luck of a Sailor
Title: The Luck of a Sailor
Character: Princess Rosanna
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
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Timbuctoo
Title: Timbuctoo
Character: Wilhelmina
Released: April 1, 1933
Type: Movie
'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Fires of Fate
Title: Fires of Fate
Character: Miss Byrne
Released: September 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
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Two White Arms
Title: Two White Arms
Character: Mrs. Drury
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
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Escape!
Title: Escape!
Character: The Picnic Woman
Released: August 28, 1930
Type: Movie
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
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The Loves of Robert Burns
Title: The Loves of Robert Burns
Character: Mrs. Burns
Released: March 3, 1930
Type: Movie
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
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Anna the Adventuress
Title: Anna the Adventuress
Character: Nellie Bates
Released: February 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.